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With headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, PACFLT is the world’s largest fleet command, encompassing 100 million square miles and consisting of approximately 180 ships, nearly 2,000 aircraft and 125,000 sailors, Marines and civilians. Walsh is the 32nd Navy officer to command PACFLT since its estab…

The government’s Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office, with the support of numerous government offices, has been conducting a series of trainings in preparation for this first census since 1999. Last week, census supervisors were trained. This week the 230 “enumerators,” the workers who …

SBA will begin accepting applications from small business owners with mortgages maturing after Dec. 31, 2012. The program will be in effect through Sept. 27, 2012. In February, SBA implemented a temporary refinancing program enacted under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, which allowed small bus…

The crew, having travelled more than 5,000 nautical miles throughout remote areas within the Pacific Ocean, conducted law enforcement patrols and performed aids to navigation maintenance in the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau. Exercising a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Palau, th…

Higher sea temperatures, ocean acidification, and loss of important habitats like coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves are projected to have a drastic impact on the inshore resources that support many coastal communities, according to Dr. Morgan Pratchett who spoke at the recent SPC Heads of Fi…

By mid-year, Continental Micronesia planes will begin sporting a new look, with the word  “United” replacing the Continental lettering as part of merger of these two air carriers. The Continental logo will remain on the tail of the planes, the only visible reminder of the carrier that first linked …

It will be conducted by Jerry Diaz M.Ed., early childhood special education teacher, on March 30, Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Fiesta Resort & Spa. Seating is limited so please call our office at the telephone numbers listed below to register and reserve seating.  Dinner will be provi…

The report claims it’s well past time to acknowledge that the Westminster style of government that’s been in place in Melanesian countries since their attainment of independence is failing the region. The institute’s communications director, Ben Bohane, said poverty, a burgeoning youth population a…

Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands held summits with the aim of strengthening their water management policies. Providing a regular supply of fresh water is a challenge for  small islands, where lack of infrastructure, growing populations and natural hazards pose sign…

Taiwan Ambassador George T.K. Li on Wednesday delivered a $1.75 million check to Marshall Islands Acting Minister of Finance Brenson Wase — funds that normally would have been released in early January, but were put on hold when this western Pacific nation did not submit a timely report on aid fund…